03/18/12 On Zombies and Why I hate kids.

As for the former of the two topics I have mentioned...

This came to mind in large part because I was thinking of the Walking Dead during my evening walk.

Zombies come in 2 predominant variants based on my personal research into the matter.

The former being ones animated by biological means (such as viral, bacterial, fungal or other means). The latter being of the magical variant usually brought about by necromancy or other shadow/dark related magicks at play.

Personally however due to the present space of things and the fact that this dimensional realm doesn't have easily accessible magic sources. As such most people don't wander into this field unless they're exploring the fantasy realms.

As for the biological terrors... I'm under the belief that while it is indeed based on traditional voodoo and other occult conjurations of restoring the perceived dead into a state of tepid reanimation that is as likely the result of chemical psychosis as well as the partial brain death or lack of chemical activity that is already present. While the zombies of present lore and many sci-fi oriented works are loosely based on this conception, the stories often are told of a more sinister working, one such as by virus (Resident Evil concept) or vampires (Hellsing fame).

But in each of these concepts the foreign invading entity focuses on one area: the brain stem. It's as if this bundle of nerves is somehow the only target that diseases can strike. While this may be valid in some beliefs, I like to think that there is more at work than simply the nervous system being re-animated. For instance why is it that zombies of this variant are ALWAYS on the offensive? They seem to lust for brains even when body parts are missing. And sometimes flesh in general.

This of course is the primary animal instinct of survival at play. This de-evolution of sorts... It fascinates me.

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And on to my second topic. I almost got into my first crash yesterday. Why? Because some idiot kid decided that it would be really smart to rush in front of me when I was pulling out of the publix parking lot. There was a truck to my right so I couldn't see him and I thought it was safe to go. NOPE. Kid literally speeds out in front of me, nearly gives me a heart attack.

And that in short is at least one reason why I hate kids.